Archive for July 5th, 2008
World focus on Burma (5 July 2008)
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Burnham charity cycle ride for Burma appeal
Burnham & Highbridge Weekly News, UK -
Seven cyclists tackled the 85-mile journey for the Myanmar Cyclone Appeal – setting off from Burnham and finishing at Exmouth, on the south coast. …
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Myanmar’s plight touches local man Buffalo News, United States - … struck by the sight of thousands of trees broken in half and strewn all around the streets of Yangon, the largest city in Myanmar, also known as Burma. … |
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Strategy Page - Meanwhile, the military dictatorship in Burma (Myanmar) survived the damage (both domestic and diplomatic) from the recent typhoon. … |
Brothers come to aid of Myanmar victims
Times Daily (subscription), AL -
Most people would probably think twice before making a trip to Myanmar, the country formerly known as Burma. It’s a region devastated by death, …
Burma charges 14 Suu Kyi supporters
NEWS.com.au, Australia -
Burma has been ruled by the military since 1962. Aung San Suu Kyi, the world’s only Nobel Peace Prize winner currently in detention, has spent most of the …
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
Meanwhile, the Myanmar Agricultural Development Bank plans to disburse a loan of over 441 million kyat (US $375000) to farmers in Laputta Township. …
York Daily Record, PA -
… will host a Burmese scholar, who will talk Thursday about human rights in his native country of Burma, officially named the Union of Myanmar. …
Construction sites abandoned in Naypyidaw
ReliefWeb (press release), Switzerland -
By MIN LWIN Construction in Burma’s capital, Naypyidaw, is practically at a standstill and many buildings have been left half-built as construction …
Doctors invited to provide free medical care to Myanmar’s cyclone …
Xinhua, China -
Myanmar Medical Association (MMA) has invited doctors in the country to volunteer to provide free medical treatment to cyclone victims in Yangon and …
Fiji Times, Fiji -
Save the Children Fiji collected $10659.97 in its 14-day nationwide appeal to help children affected by Cyclone Nargis that killed thousands of people. …
Chevron’s dilemma over its stake in Myanmar
San Francisco Chronicle, USA -
Tom Lantos, D-San Mateo, that would have revoked a tax benefit for Chevron to pressure the company to divest from Myanmar, also known as Burma. …
Burma Imprisons 4 Activists for Campaigning Against Draft Constitution
Voice of America -
By VOA News Burmese authorities have sentenced four opposition members to prison for campaigning against the military government’s new constitution. …
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Millennials need to know change happens off-line Ithaca Journal, NY - … the intransigence of racism and discrimination, the abuses from Iraq to Burma (Myanmar) — won’t politely go away with a few clicks of a mouse. … |
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At UN, of Dressed Dogs and Ban’s Beef, Nigeria Reviewed under … Inner City Press, NY - Next stop Myanmar? Pushing loudly for inclusion of Myanmar, or Burma, on the Security Council agenda is the United States, represented at the UN by Zalmay … |
Burma: Four opposition activists jailed
Adnkronos International Italia, Italy -
The NLD activists from Taungup, a town in the Arakan state in north-west Myanmar, were transferred from the prison in Taungup to the one in Sittwe, …
Mugabe’s Not Quite Done With Making Zimbabwe’s People Suffer
DigitalJournal.com, Canada -
Perhaps the situation in Zimbabwe has turned out to be just as worse if not anymore worse than the situation in Burma. In Burma, the junta said that the …
Everything that we need costs 40% more
Daily News & Analysis, India -
The major pulses produce are imported from Burma. On the other hand, traders feel oilseed prices will always see a rise as their demand is ever-increasing, …
guardian.co.uk, UK -
“Preventing drugs is everyone’s responsibility” reads a propaganda slogan, hinting at the influx of cheap narcotics from nearby Burma. …
